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en-usTue, 6 Dec 2016 02:16:44 GMTFocus Forum15Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic wastehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3501802/posts
Summary - Ash Carter, Frank Kendall and Robert Work bury a Defense Business Board / McKinsey report that $125 B is wasted on bloated bureaucracy in particular supported by hordes of overpaid contractors. Frank Kendall was&#x93;very disappointed&#x94; by the board&#x92;s work, which he criticized as &#x93;shallow&#x94; and &#x93;very low on content.&#x94; He said the study had ignored efforts by his agencies to become more efficient.&#x22; Kendall said he needs 1000 more people working directly under him. Peter Cook, a spokesman for Carter, said the Pentagon chief was busy dealing with &#x93;a long list of national security challenges.&#x94; He added that...Washington Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3501802/posts#commentTue, 6 Dec 2016 02:16:44 GMTBoeing to shift 2,400 jobs away from Huntington Beach facility by 2020http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3494968/posts
Boeing will shift more than 2,400 jobs out of its Huntington Beach facility over the next four years, the aerospace giant announced Tuesday, slicing in half the number of workers at the sprawling campus. A nationwide streamlining of operations at the company&#x92;s Defense, Space &#x26; Security division will result in the transfer of 300 Huntington Beach jobs to its Seal Beach facility and 1,600 positions to its plants in Long Beach and El Segundo. Another 500 jobs will move to St. Louis. And an additional 400 will move to Huntsville, Ala., from Huntington Beach and other facilities around the country.Orange County Registerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3494968/posts#commentWed, 16 Nov 2016 16:06:54 GMTNATO Falling Apart Due to Incompatible Weapon Systems, Missing Partshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3478202/posts
Speaking at the annual Association of the US Army conference, the commander of the US Army Europe Ben Hodges revealed some of his concerns regarding the current state of NATO armies. Amid growing escalation of the US-Russia tensions over Syria, cyberattacks and whatnot, fears of all-out war can be heard more and more often. In this light, some of the issues Ben Hodges pointed out sound anecdotal. For example, one of the minor, but nevertheless troubling issues are&#x85; refueling nozzles. Who could have thought that armies of the US and Germany use incompatible refueling systems? Thus, if some German brigade...Sputnikhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3478202/posts#commentSat, 8 Oct 2016 23:56:40 GMTMarines pick Glock 9mm over 1911 for spec opshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3477072/posts
The Glock 19 is now the only and official sidearm for Marine special operators as officials ditched the classic .45-caliber Colt 1911, the Marine Corps Times reported last week. &#x93;We put our money behind the 9mm round fired by an extremely well-trained marksman carrying a Glock 19,&#x94; said Maj. Nick Mannweiler, a spokesman for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command. He added the 9mm Glock is the only pistol Marine special operators are allowed to take into battle. Since last year, MARSOC has purchased and fielded 1,654 Glock 19s because Raiders needed a reliable secondary weapon &#x93;that could be...guns.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3477072/posts#commentWed, 5 Oct 2016 20:14:33 GMTGovernment to pay for gender reassignment surgery for military membershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3477037/posts
The U.S. government will, beginning this week, pay for soldiers to undergo treatment and surgery for gender reassignment. The policy, which was first announced in June, applies to active duty soldiers who have received approval for gender reassignment from a military physician and from their commanding officers, according to the Department of Defense. The military health program will cover therapy and hormone treatments along with surgery for approved service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The policy does not yet extend to military dependents.Atlanta Journal Constitutionhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3477037/posts#commentWed, 5 Oct 2016 19:01:40 GMTAir Force Unveils Name of Future Stealth Bomber as B-21 &#x27;Raider&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3471280/posts
&#x3C;p&#x3E;Air Force Unveils Name of Future Stealth Bomber as B-21 &#x27;Raider&#x27;.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;
&#x3C;p&#x3E;AFA 2016 B-21 Naming Ceremony Raider was selected as the name of the Long Range Strike-Bomber, or LRS-B, by leaders after the service launched a survey of service members.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;
Military.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3471280/posts#commentTue, 20 Sep 2016 03:11:21 GMTTrump: I&#x27;ll Spend Billions to Ensure &#x27;Unquestioned Military Strength&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3466968/posts
Donald Trump vowed to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars, outlining plans Wednesday for major increases in the number of active troops, Navy ships and submarines, and fighter planes as he works to convince skeptics in both parties he is ready to lead the world&#x27;s If elected, Trump said he would give military leaders 30 days to formulate a plan to defeat the group commonly known as ISIS. And he would ask the joint chiefs of staff to conduct a review of the nation&#x27;s cyber defenses to determine all vulnerabilities. Trump&#x27;s address came hours before his national...http://www.newsmax.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3466968/posts#commentWed, 7 Sep 2016 23:02:09 GMTBoeing offers sneak peak of new T-X trainer
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After photos leaked of Northrop Grumman and BAE System&#x92;s new T-X trainer offering, Boeing and Saab revealed their own T-X sneak peak this week. A few shadowy glimpses of the trainer appeared over four videos posted on Boeing&#x92;s new T-X website over the weekend. The clean sheet design has two engine inlets, a high mounted wing and a conventional, vertical tail. That design marks a departure from Boeing&#x92;s original V-tail concept the company put forth before partnering with Saab. The new aircraft&#x92;s design is also unique from the Boeing T-45 Goshawk used by the US Navy. Boeing&#x92;s T-X bid not...FlightGlobalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3462045/posts#commentTue, 23 Aug 2016 09:22:31 GMTPentagon Can&#x27;t Account for $6.5 TRILLION [in spending]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3458150/posts
Despite a 1996 law requiring all federal agencies to conduct regular spending audits, the Pentagon has so far failed to conduct a single one. While US lawmakers have pressed the DoD to comply by September of 2017, a new inspector general&#x92;s report indicates that meeting this deadline is highly unlikely. Army and Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis personnel did not adequately support $2.8 trillion in third quarter adjustments and $6.5 trillion in year-end adjustments made to Army General Fund (AGF) data during FY 2015 financial statement compilation,&#x22; the report reads. In common language, the Pentagon has no idea how...Sputnik Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3458150/posts#commentWed, 10 Aug 2016 00:46:39 GMTBernie Sanders versus the Pentagonhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3442646/posts
In 1995, he introduced a bill to terminate America&#x92;s nuclear weapons program. As late as 2002, he supported a 50 percent cut for the Pentagon. And he says corrupt defense contractors are to blame for &#x93;massive fraud&#x94; and a &#x93;bloated military budget.&#x94; Since he arrived in Congress, Bernie Sanders has been a fierce crusader against Pentagon spending, calling for defense cuts that few Democrats have been willing to support. Should he defeat Hillary Clinton, analysts say, he will likely be the biggest critic of the Pentagon to win a major party nomination since World War II. Story Continued Below &#x93;He...POLITICOhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3442646/posts#commentWed, 22 Jun 2016 17:22:52 GMTThe US Navy Is Dumping Billions into New Aircraft Carriers&#x97;It Could Be a Disasterhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3441990/posts
The U.S. Navy has fallen into a troubling pattern of designing and acquiring new classes of ships that would arguably best be left as single ship or at most in limited numbers. It&#x92;s also building several types of new aircraft that fail to meet specifications. The Navy is developing a new class of supercarriers that cannot function properly, and has designed them to launch F-35 fighters that are not ready to fly their missions. This is all happening during an era of out-of-control budgets, which bodes poorly for American sea power and leadership ahead. That the Navy is concentrating larger...National Interesthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3441990/posts#commentMon, 20 Jun 2016 16:16:02 GMTHouse votes to nix military bands at dinners, dances....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3441674/posts
WASHINGTON &#x97; The next base Christmas party might not feature any active-duty flutists or tuba players. The House on Thursday passed legislation sponsored by former A-10 pilot Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., that bars the military from using its many troop bands to entertain at dinners, dances and social events. The bill limits performances to formal military ceremonies and funeral honors. It is the latest attempt to cut back the roughly $500 million that the Defense Department spends annually on bands, which date back to the birth of the country&#x92;s armed forces but have recently run into criticism as Congress wrangles...Stars and Stripeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3441674/posts#commentSun, 19 Jun 2016 12:40:12 GMTU.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Armshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3441528/posts
Since the end of World War II, only 10 U.S tank crew members have been killed in warfare. This is an amazing testament to fighting vehicle technology and the money spent to develop and sustain that tactical edge over our enemies. In that same period, the United States has lost some 60,000 soldiers in small arms engagements, an approximate one for one exchange. Few foes on the planet could hope to dominate America in a tank, air or naval battle. Yet every bad actor with an AK-47 takes on U.S. and NATO ground forces in a small arms fight. We...National Defense Magazinehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3441528/posts#commentSat, 18 Jun 2016 18:47:02 GMTThe US may restart production of the world&#x27;s most lethal combat planehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3437792/posts
US Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh made comments at an Air Force Association event on Thursday that were uncharacteristically bullish on the prospect of restarting the F-22 program. Lockheed Martin shuttered the F-22 program almost five years ago. Since then, the top Air Force brass has been focused on the troubled F-35 program as well as looking decades forward to the Next Generation Air Dominance program. In April, however, Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said in Congress: &#x22;In light of growing threats from a resurgent Russia and an aggressive China, further exploration into restarting the F-22 line is deserved.&#x22; Welsh&#x27;s...Business Insiderhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3437792/posts#commentTue, 7 Jun 2016 18:42:00 GMTHow Defense Spending Creates an Unsecure Futurehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3437342/posts
The defense budget, in constant dollars, has held steady for nearly 30 years. However, our armed forces are ill-equipped for conflict. Expenditures have remained stable for decades, yet America now has 35 percent fewer combat brigades, 53 percent fewer ships and 63 percent fewer combat air squadrons. How in the world does military preparedness worsen while spending goes virtually unchanged?&#xC2;&#xA0;The rise in spending in conjunction with a decline in capacity points to financial mismanagement and legislative abuse. Americans are witnessing a rapid acceleration in what I call defenseless debt, a paradox wherein military liabilities increase alongside a simultaneous deterioration in...Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3437342/posts#commentMon, 6 Jun 2016 14:09:23 GMTBoeing backs extended-range Harpoon to stave off Kongsberg threat
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The US Navy will wrap up developmental free flight testing of the datalink-equipped Boeing Harpoon Block II+ sea-skimming, anti-ship missile next week, ahead of fielding on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet sometime between June and August of 2017. The latest variant of the 45-year-old Harpoon weapon type expands on the satellite-aided navigation system introduced in Block II by adding a datalink radio ported across from the C-1 variant of Raytheon&#x27;s AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) for in-flight retargeting against enemy surface vessels in cluttered coastal regions. The Harpoon missile successfully struck its first ship target during a test in December 1971,...Flightglobal.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3430032/posts#commentThu, 12 May 2016 18:30:35 GMTArmy has fewest active-duty soldiers since 1940, report sayshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3428871/posts
The number of U.S. Army soldiers on active duty has been reduced to its lowest since 1940, according to a published report. The Army Times reported this weekend that the Army&#x27;s endstrength for March was 479,172. That&#x27;s 154 fewer soldiers than the service&#x27;s previous post-World War II low, which was reached during the Army&#x27;s post-Cold War drawdown in 1999. The current number is still well above the 269,023 soldiers on duty in 1940, the year before America entered World War II. However, the report says the active force has been reduced by more than 16,500 troops over the past year...Fox News.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3428871/posts#commentMon, 9 May 2016 12:30:09 GMTNavy&#x92;s shipbuilding budget could see Reagan-era levelshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422824/posts
An arm of the House Armed Service Committee wants Reagan-era spending for the Navy, even as the service seeks to shed ships and aircraft amid potential defense budget cuts down the road. The Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee wants to hike shipbuilding to $20.6 billion &#x97; $2.3 billion more than the Obama administration&#x92;s budget request, according to a subcommittee markup of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act released Tuesday in Washington. The markup calls for more of everything &#x97; from ships to missiles &#x97; and faster production of carriers and submarines. The subcommittee&#x92;s recommendations remain far from enactment. The full...Stars & Stripeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422824/posts#commentWed, 20 Apr 2016 12:37:13 GMTIs NATO Worth Preserving?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3420767/posts
Donald Trump recently ignited another controversy when he mused that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was obsolete. He hinted that it might no longer be worth the huge American investment. In typical Trump style, he hit a nerve, but he then offered few details about the consequences of either staying in or leaving NATO. NATO is certainly no longer aimed at keeping a huge Soviet land army out of democratic Western Europe, as was envisioned in 1949. The alliance has been unwisely expanded from its original 12-nation membership to include 28 countries, absorbing many of the old communist Warsaw Pact...Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3420767/posts#commentThu, 14 Apr 2016 12:17:57 GMTFormer Defense secretary: Obama &#x27;double-crossed&#x27; mehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3417059/posts
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he felt President Obama &#x93;double-crossed&#x94; him during his tenure over budget cuts to the Pentagon. In a Fox News report Friday that explored the president&#x92;s approach to the military, Gates said Obama had promised him that there wouldn&#x92;t be any &#x93;significant changes&#x94; in the defense budget for a while. ADVERTISEMENT When asked by Fox whether Obama kept to his word, Gates replied, &#x93;Well I think that began to fray. &#x91;Fray&#x92; may be too gentle a word.&#x94; According to the report, Gates was told to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the defense budget...The Hillhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3417059/posts#commentSun, 3 Apr 2016 15:55:18 GMTBoeing tanker issue may delay U.S. production decision-Air Forcehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416699/posts
A problem that has prevented Boeing Co &#x27;s KC-46A tanker aircraft from transferring fuel to a C-17 transport plane may delay a Pentagon decision approving low-rate production of the new tanker in May, the U.S. Air Force said on Thursday. &#x22;We don&#x27;t yet know the schedule impact to the planned May Milestone C decision, but the problem is well understood and we don&#x27;t expect an extended delay,&#x22; said Air Force spokesman Daryl Mayer. Mayer said the issue arose during testing of the refueling boom that is used to transfer fuel from the 767-based tanker aircraft to a C-17 transport plane,...Reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416699/posts#commentSat, 2 Apr 2016 12:15:46 GMTLockheed Martin Restarts Production of Tactical Missile System at Arkansas Facilhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3415262/posts
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has restarted its Tactical Missile System (TACMS) production line at the company&#x27;s facility in Camden, Arkansas. For more than 20 years, TACMS (formerly ATACMS) was assembled on-budget and on- or ahead of schedule at the company&#x27;s facility in Horizon City near El Paso, Texas. In order to consolidate all of Lockheed Martin&#x27;s Precision Fires missile and rocket production at its Camden Operations, TACMS production was temporarily suspended in 2014 and relocated to Camden. &#x22;Restarting the TACMS production is excellent news for our customers seeking deep precision fire support,&#x22; said Ken Musculus, vice president - Tactical Missiles...PR Newswirehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3415262/posts#commentTue, 29 Mar 2016 20:13:56 GMTAmerica&#x92;s Military Is in Much Worse Shape Than You&#x92;d Thinkhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3414881/posts
America&#x92;s military is dangerously weak and unprepared today, and it&#x92;s not getting better. At least that&#x92;s what top military leaders told Congress recently. Unfortunately, the testimony of these top generals and admirals did not get the attention it deserved. For the last 15 years, the United States military has not prepared for conflict with a near peer competitor like Russia or China. General Mark Milley, chief of staff of the Army, shared his worries with Congress, explaining that the Army would be able to handle a serious conflict but &#x93;not at a level that is appropriate for what the American...Daily Signalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3414881/posts#commentMon, 28 Mar 2016 23:50:54 GMTBoeing, Lockheed to continue protest against U.S. bomber dealhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3374604/posts
Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp said they will continue their protest against the Air Force&#x27;s selection of Northrop Grumman Corp to build a new long-range strike bomber, calling that process &#x22;irreparably flawed&#x22;.Reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3374604/posts#commentSat, 19 Dec 2015 19:27:56 GMTAgain: Senate Democrats Mount Third Filibuster Against Bill to Pay Troops, Fund Militaryhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3357165/posts
Senate Democrats launched a&#xA0;third consecutive filibuster of the bipartisan defense appropriations bill yesterday, once again&#xA0;blocking consideration of legislation that would fund the United States military and pay members of our armed forces. Yes, it&#x27;s okay to be thoroughly perplexed by&#xA0;this development. Remember, the ostensible reason that Democrats have engaged in this obstruction over recent months -- which also entailed&#xA0;filibustering the Veterans Affairs appropriations bill -- was to exploit the troops and veterans as leverage to force Republicans to agree to higher federal spending on unrelated matters. It was a cynical play, but thanks in part to President Obama&#x27;s&#xA0;hyper-partisan veto, it...Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3357165/posts#commentFri, 6 Nov 2015 17:04:55 GMT